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'''Disrâeli
'''Disrâeli


<nowiki>*</nowiki>BrE sémmy, AmE  '''sémî
BrE *sémmy, AmE  '''sémî


''eat'' '''pîe''' =  ''number'' '''pî
''eat'' '''pîe''' =  ''number'' '''pî

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Use in English
Alphabetical word list
Retroalphabetical list  
Common misspellings  


This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in I. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case I) and continuing backwards through it.

The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]


-î or -ì

Dubaî

h sounded in Shanghaî

Ábu Dhàbì

rábbî

álibî

Sàùdì

likewise other plurals of -us: nûclêî

Hawàìì

Isrâeli

Disrâeli

BrE *sémmy, AmE sémî

eat pîe = number

girls’ names tend to end in -i or -ie, boys’ in -y: Térrì

*paparatsy paparázzi